well, it's tuesday, and the inferno of existential angst which has been afflicting me these last few days has abated somewhat. i think part of the way i've been feeling is fallout from going up to Illions. even though it went so well, i'd invested so much energy and time into the whole adventure that now that it's over i think it's left me feeling ( Read more... )

day two, and the Charm Offensive continues. i had lunch with Valerie, Dr. Kelsky's right-hand/grad assistant. that was alright, though i had hoped to meet more students in the department. i also got a chance to meet with Dr. Goodman, who i had not settled upon a specific time to meet. he was also nice, and i think i impressed him. later i met with ( Read more... )

--or: "Schmooze-a-rama 2005 ( Read more... )

so i have nearly come to the end of a very long process of grad school applications. after expanding a 6-page writing sample into a 20-page essay, which has been/is being read by such luminaries as Dr. Rhombosis, Amy "J. J. Jameson" Gorelick, the heavenly writer Nick, and Hickey-McDonald Consolidated Brain Trust, i am ready to send it all off ( Read more... )

so i stayed home from work today to go to the Dr. (i would have gone a half-day were it not for the incompetence of the Dr.'s office staff) and found out that what i thought was a minor rash is in fact Shingles. for those of you who aren't familiar with Shingles, this is a localized opportunistic flare-up of Chicken Pox. i feel so twelve-years-old ( Read more... )

so, in a not altogether unusual combination of circumstances, i ran into not one, but two ex's at lunch today. i was at leo's with the eminent bo landsman and in walks katie, the last major girlfriend i had before liz (discounting the 2-week stand i had with a girl named lina) and the girl i dated immediately prior to katie, her then roommate kelly ( Read more... )

sorry to all who expressed interest in the boys night out; i had forgotten that i had my Yoga class on wednesday. which was awesome. but seriously, sorry about that. we'll have to organize such an outing soon. i think this weekendis out cause there are crazy parties on tap, but soon ( Read more... )

i had a dream last night which has haunted me all day. i don't remember very much, but what i do recall centers around this girl (well, woman really. she's a mother now, and married i believe) names Cici. (gainesvilllians will recognize her from around town) to whom, i believe i was married to in the dream. we existed in an unnaturally blissful ( Read more... )

I am working on my application now, and am a little fuzzy on what makes a great SOP. can anyone point me towards some, maybe even your own, which are good? any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

i am in the process now of starting to get my application materials together, and was wondering what the best way to go about asking a former professor for a recommendation is. i sat down to write her an email and all i could think of was "i want to sk you for a rec..." surely there a better way, and i'm blanking. maybe i'm not the best at beating ( Read more... )